13% of respondents kept quiet about their holiday intentions for fear of co-workers booking the same time.

7% of respondents had lied about their holiday plans in order to double bluff colleagues.

38% of respondents said holidays were identified as a potential source of office arguments.

A spokesperson from OfficeBroker said: “Holidays are meant to be relaxing. However, all too often the run up can be extremely stressful, especially when you have quite a few people in an office all wanting the same time off.”